Antislipping desk pad



Oct 1951 A. ESHELMAN 2,573,323

ANTISLIPPING DESK PAD Filed Dec. 12, 1949 Jam-5". xuum Inventor Alvin L.E she/man j Qzmm.

, Ammqys Patented Oct. 30, 1951 ANTISLIPPING DESK PAD Alvin L. Eshelman,Upland, Calif.

Application December 12, 1949, Serial No. 132,564

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in deskpads and more particularly to an antislipping attachment therefor.

An important object of the invention is to provide a rubber cushion forthe bottom of a desk pad to hold the pad firmly on a desk or othersmooth surface without the usual annoyance of the pad sliding orslipping on the desk While writing on the pad.

A further object of the invention is to provide a rubber cushionembodying means for holding a desk pad thereon to provide anantislipping base for the pad.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is efiicient and reliable inuse, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adaptedfor the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating one embodiment of theinvention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on a line 3-3 of Figure 2,and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein for the purpose ofillustration I have disclosed two preferred embodiments of my invention,and first with respect to the form of the invention illustrated inFigures 1 to 3 inclusive, the numeral 5 designates a rubber cushionwhich may be of rectangular or other suitable shape and to which a notepad holder designated generally at 6 is secured adjacent each end of thecushion.

Each note pad holder 6 comprises a strip of light gauge metal or othersuitable material having its ends bent downwardly and inwardly to formopposed channels 1 and with their lower flanges 8 cemented or otherwisesuitably secured to the upper surface of cushion 5 adjacent the sideedges thereof.

The top of the holder is thus supported above the cushion 5 to receivethe backing 9 of a note or scratch pad 9a.

The pad 9 will thus be firmly held in position on the cushion 5 and thecushion 5 will prevent the pad from slipping on a desk or other smoothsurface when writing on the pad.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawing theantislipping attachment consists of placing antislipping pads 10 on thebottom of a note or scratch pad ll adjacent the corners thereof. Theantislipping pads 10 may comprise cement impregnated with rubberparticles and applied to the bottom of the pad I I.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A pad having a back, a non-slip cushion for the back of the pad of thesame size and shape as said back, and a pair of metal pad holder stripson one face of said cushion having ends bent downwardly and inwardly atopposite sides of said pad and secured to the top of said cushion, saidends forming in each strip a pair of opposed channels through which saidback may be slid to hold said back to said pad.

ALVIN L. ESHELMAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 665,724 Beech Jan. 8, 19012,034,059 Salsman Mar. 17, 1936 2,054,778 Woodley Sept. 15, 19362,195,677 Moody et al. Apr. 2, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date592,713 France May 8, 1925

